Arthur Darvill

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Founded by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in 1904

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Arthur Darvill

Height: 5 Feet 11 Inches
Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Green

Nationality: British
Natural Accent: RP (click to hear my voice)

Represented by Samira Higham at ICM

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

Character
Benjamin Backbite/Sir Oliver
Giovanni/Richardetto
Mr Smith

Scrope
Iago
Torvald
Jimmy
Giuseppe Zangara
Katz/Kliment
The Lieutenant
Apemantus/Narrator/Musician
Falk

Production
The School for Scandal
Tis Pity She’s a Whore
Imperceptible Mutabilities
in the Third Kingdom
Victory
Othello
A Doll’s House
Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads
Assassins
The Good Soldier
Widows
The Life Of Timon Of Athens
Love's Comedy

Director
Deborah Paige
Jamie Glover
William Gaskill

David Salter
John Beschizza
Jenny Buckman
Nona Shepphard
Geoff Bullen
Guy Slater
Jamie Glover
Kathryn Hunter
Bardy Thomas

Special Skills
Driving licence; Work with special needs children and charity work; Sense of adventure; Member of Team Sardine; Composer and musician – work commissioned for various theatre and TV; Own band ‘edmund’ – guitar, piano, vocals; Jazz bass; DJ; Tenor in Barber Shop Quartet; Balloon modelling.

Other Experience
For Fuego’s Men Theatre Company: Skinny in Mojo, Ben in The Dumb Waiter and Matchseller in A Slight Ache; For Stage 2 Youth Theatre, Birmingham: Salieri in Amadeus, Berrenger in Rhinoceros, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Guy Jones in A Chorus of Disapproval. Other roles include performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, Birmingham REP and a short film Just Because You’re Paranoid directed by David King. Directed a street theatre performance in Park Guel, Barcelona. Voice-overs for EMI, Cadbury, Cadbury World, Peak Viewing International and ITV.

Special Interests
Music, reading, cooking, art, record collecting.

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